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(No Model.)

W. S. BARLOW, Deo'd. C. H. BARLoW, Execum'x.

DOOR GHEGK.

Patented Apr. 16l 1889.

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UNITED STATES i PATENT QEETCE.

IVARREN S. BARLOVV, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY; CHLOE H. BARLOVV EX- ECUTRIX OF SAID WARREN S. BARLOV, DECEASED.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,534, dated April 16, 1889.

Application filed January 20, 1888. Serial No. 261,348. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, WARREN S. BARLOW, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State Y I of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door Stops and Holders,

of which the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to a door stop and holder such as is largely used upon car-doors, and which consist of two members-one se- Io cured to the door and the other to the door or wall, and serving to stop the door when fully opened, and to hold the door thus open until it is intentionally released and closed.

The invention consists in novel features in I5 the construction of the two members and in their combination, as hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan of the member of my device which is zo adapted to be secured to the floor. Fig. 2 is a section on the planeof the dotted line @c x, Fig. l, also showing an elevation of the member of the device which is to be secured to the door. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, and Fig.

4 an end view, of a member of my device which is constructed for attachment to a wall or base-board. Fig. 5 is an end view of the member which is to be attached to the door;

fand Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a part of 3o a door and the adjacent wall, showing the manner of using my device.

Y Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

One member of my device consists of ahook or an arm, A, having a tooth or projection, a,

and springing from a plate, A which is provided with holes a for the reception of screws whereby the member may be secured to a door,

B, near the bottom thereof, as shown in Fig.

The holes c are slotted vertically, so as to provide for adjusting the hook A to the desired height on the door by simply loosening the screws.

C designates the other member of my device, which in its essential features is the same whether it be made to be secured to the floor, as in Figs. l and 2, or to be secured to the base-board or wall, as in Figs. 3 and Vhen the member C is to be secured to the floor, it is, as shown in Figs. l and 2, provided with lateral lugs or ears c for receiving securingscrews; but when it is to be secured to a base-board, D, as in Fig. G, the part C, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, springs fromaplate, C", which is provided with slotted holes c for the reception of securing-screws and to en able the member O to be adjusted to proper height vertically.

The part C consists, essentially, of a boxlike casting having sides c2 and a top, c3, which 6o is less in length than the sides, or which terminates inward of the ends of the sides, so as to forni a stop, c4, against which the end of the arm A strikes when the door is swung open, as represented in Figs. 2 and 6. The box or 65 frame contains a spring-supported holding device, into which the tooth ce on the arm A engages as the door is swung open. The holding device here shown consists of a spring, E, which is somewhat narrower than the box or 7o frame, as shown in Figs. l and Ll, and which is secured at c5 by a rivet or otherwise to the top c3 of the box or frame, so that its front end may spring downward or yield to the arm A. In the holding device, slightly forward of the stop c4, is a recess, c6, and forward of the recess is an inclined tongue, c7. As the door to which the arm A is attached is swung open the tooth a, bearing on the inclined tongue c7, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, depresses the holding device, and as the tooth a. passes into the recess c( and the arm A and door are arrested by the lstop c4 the spring E rises or lifts and the recess c6 engages the tooth a and holds the door open.

In Fig. 6 I have shown on the door B two arms, A, and I have also shown two members, C, with which these arms engage. That member C which is nearest the eye of the observer is of the form shown in Figs. l and 2 and is secured to the oor, while that most distant from the eye is of the form shown in Figs. 8 and 4 and is secured to the base-board D. It will be understood that both devices will not be used for one door; but I have shown them for purposes of illustration as applied for one door.

My improved door stop and holder, as above described, is very simple in construction and effective in operation, and is withal a duraroo ble and inexpensive device. \Vhen the door is swung open, the shoulder or end of the top c3 forms a stop, c4, against which the end of arm A strikes, and by the arm striking against this stop it is prevented from imparting an end-thrust to the spring E, which would tend to loosen the securing device c5, which holds 1 and shields the spring E from kicks by the feet, and the spring cannot, therefore, be broken or bent out of place.

It will be observed in my construction that the sides c2 of the boX or frame C form cheeks, between which the spring E fits loosely, so that it may readily play up and down without any interference from said cheeks, and which project above said spring, so that they shield and protect the spring. Consequently, when the member C is secured to the floor of a car or room, it is impossible to step upon the spring, so as to break the same or bend it permanently downward. This protection of the spring by the sides or cheeks c2 consti` tutes an important advantage of my device. It will also be observed that the recess 01' depression c, with which the projection a of the member A engages, is entirely forward of the shoulder or stop c4, and hence when the member A engages with said recess the rear wall or incline of the recess forms ot itself a stop to gradually arrest the partA before said part strikes against the shoulder or iXed stop c4.

IVliat I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a door-stop and holding device, the combination, with a member consisting of an arm, as A, having a tooth or downward projection, a, of the member C, consisting of a box or frame having sides or cheeks c2, and the top terminating inward of the ends of the sides or cheeks, and a spring-supported holding device arranged between and shielded by the sides or cheeks c2, and having a recess, c6, for engagement of the tooth or projection a., substantially as herein described.

2. In a door-stop and holding device, the combination, with the member A, of the member @consisting of a box or frame having sides or cheeks c2, and the top terminating inward of the ends of the sides or cheeks to form a stop, c4, and the holding device consisting of a spring, E, arranged between and protected by the sides or cheeks, the spring being inserted under the top and secured thereto, and having a recess, c, for the engagement of said member A, and forward of the recess an inclined tongue, c7, on which the member acts to depress the spring, the recess c6 being entirely forward of the stop c4, and having an inclined rear wall, serving to arrest the member A by the latter striking it before it can strike said stop, substantially as herein described.

NVARREN S. BARLOW. iVitnesses:

C. HALL, FREDK. HAYNEs. 

